PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Clris Cutter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Van Leeder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leeder has chosen Pantera - Cowboys From Hell as his entrance music. Van Leeder struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Van Leeder will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Cutter
vs
Leeder

186 cm
31
182 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

200 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Clris Cutter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Van Leeder!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Joseph Jones and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cutter looks to score with a jab to the body but Leeder is just out of range.
Cutter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leeder moves away.
Cutter fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cutter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cutter blocks a head kick by Leeder.
Cutter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cutter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leeder was well out of range. Poor timing from Cutter.
Leeder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cutter.
Cutter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cutter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Leeder tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cutter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cutter swings for the body but Leeder moves out of range.
Cutter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leeder moves away.
Leeder keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cutter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leeder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cutter.
Cutter swings for the body but Leeder moves out of range.
Cutter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leeder.
No joy there for Leeder, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cutter takes a swing at Leeder's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Leeder.
Cutter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cutter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cutter connects with a body shot that sends Leeder's belly button to the back.

Leeder lands a left and a right that send Cutter crashing to the mat, dazed. Leeder thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cutter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leeder manages to avoid it.
Leeder takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Leeder closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Cutter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cutter throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cutter misses with a body shot.
Clris Cutter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cutter throws a body punch but Leeder moves out of range.
Leeder avoids the body shot from Cutter.
Leeder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cutter.
Leeder is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cutter throws a body punch but Leeder moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leeder doesn't manage to clinch there - Cutter circles away.
Cutter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leeder moves away.
Cutter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leeder manages to avoid it.
Cutter scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Leeder doesn't seem bothered though.
Cutter misses with a wild body shot.
Leeder keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cutter swings for the body but Leeder moves out of range.

Leeder moves into the clinch.

Cutter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Leeder tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cutter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cutter throws out a loose jab but Leeder uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leeder keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leeder is looking to clinch but Cutter is avoiding it.
Leeder throws a series of punches but Cutter moves out of range.
Cutter misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leeder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cutter moves away.
Cutter swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Leeder counters by clinching up.

Cutter manages to break the clinch.
Leeder tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cutter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cutter looks to score with a jab to the body but Leeder is just out of range.
Cutter is looking to wear down Leeder with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Leeder keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Leeder pushes Cutter up against the cage in a clinch.

Cutter manages to break the clinch.
Cutter misses the shot to the body.
Cutter takes a swing at Leeder's ribcage but misses.
Cutter thows a body shot but no joy.
Cutter ducks under a wild hook from Leeder.
Leeder misses with a hook. Cutter ducked under it nicely.
Cutter throws a body punch but Leeder moves out of range.
Cutter takes a swing at Leeder's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leeder tries to clinch up.
Cutter has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cutter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cutter punishes Leeder's body with a nice straight punch.
Cutter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leeder.
Cutter misses the shot to the body.
Cutter jabs at Leeder's body.
Cutter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leeder moves away.
Leeder tries to clinch but Cutter moves out of range.
Cutter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leeder moves away.
Cutter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cutter misses the shot to the body.
Leeder keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cutter dodges the punch combination from Leeder.
Cutter keeps the fight on the outside.
Cutter takes a swing at Leeder's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Van Leeder will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cutter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cutter swings for the body but Leeder moves out of range.
Van Leeder is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cutter just misses with a punch to the body.
Cutter lands with a good body shot.
Cutter misses the shot to the body.
Cutter misses with a wild body shot.
Cutter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leeder tries to clinch but Cutter moves out of range.
Cutter throws a body punch but Leeder moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Cutter.
Cutter misses the shot to the body.
Cutter misses the shot to the body.
Cutter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clris Cutter is winning the standup battle so far.
Cutter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leeder manages to avoid it.
Cutter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cutter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cutter misses with a body shot.
Cutter misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leeder wants to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cutter. Leeder does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cutter swings for the body but Leeder moves out of range.
Cutter misses with a wild body shot.
Leeder fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cutter moves away from the strike by Leeder.
Leeder swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leeder keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leeder tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cutter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cutter fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cutter thows a body shot but no joy.
Leeder keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cutter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Leeder takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cutter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leeder moves away.
Cutter takes a swing at Leeder's ribcage but misses.
Cutter takes a swing at Leeder's ribcage but misses.
Leeder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cutter.
Cutter misses the shot to the body.

Leeder drives through and clinches with Cutter against the cage.
Cutter tries to break free but Leeder pushes him back against the cage.
Leeder is leaning against Cutter and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Leeder prevents Cutter from breaking the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Cutter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cutter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cutter just misses with a punch to the body.
Cutter misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leeder scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cutter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cutter swings away with a body shot that misses
and Leeder cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Leeder tries to clinch up but Cutter circles away and keeps his distance.
Cutter misses with a body shot.
Leeder doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cutter thows a body shot but no joy.
Leeder fails to land the takedown.
Cutter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leeder tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cutter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cutter just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cutter. Leeder does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cutter swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Leeder counters with a two punch combo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cutter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leeder.
Leeder tries to clinch but Cutter is having none of it.
Cutter misses with a shot to the body
and Leeder counters with a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leeder swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Leeder tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cutter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cutter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cutter jabs Leeder to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Leeder tries to close the distance and clinch but Cutter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Leeder avoids the body shot from Cutter.

Leeder rushes Cutter and presses him up against the cage.

Cutter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Leeder is looking to clinch but Cutter is avoiding it.
Cutter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leeder.
Leeder fails with an attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cutter misses with a body shot.
Cutter digs a good body shot into Leeder's ribs.
Leeder looks to score with a jab to the body but Cutter is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Clris Cutter will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Leeder throws a nice looking combination but Cutter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cutter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leeder manages to avoid it.
Leeder misses with a double jab.
Leeder tries to close the distance and clinch but Cutter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cutter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leeder was well out of range. Poor timing from Cutter.
Cutter punishes Leeder's body with a nice straight punch.
Leeder avoids the body shot from Cutter.
Cutter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cutter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cutter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leeder manages to avoid it.
Cutter misses the shot to the body.
Cutter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leeder manages to avoid it.
Leeder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cutter.
Cutter thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cutter. Leeder does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cutter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cutter on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cutter looks to score with a jab to the body but Leeder is just out of range.
Cutter doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cutter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leeder was well out of range. Poor timing from Cutter.
Cutter swings for the body but Leeder moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cutter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leeder moves away.
Cutter misses with a wild body shot.
Leeder tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cutter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cutter misses with a body shot.
Leeder throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Leeder is looking to clinch.
Leeder is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Leeder doesn't manage to clinch there - Cutter circles away.
Cutter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leeder manages to avoid it.
Cutter lands a right hook to the body.
Leeder lands a jab to the nose.
Cutter throws a sloppy body shot
and Leeder counters with a left and a right that stings Cutter.

Cutter is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leeder fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oh Cutter is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cutter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leeder was well out of range. Poor timing from Cutter.
Cutter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Leeder.
Cutter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cutter seems to have got his legs back now.
Leeder moves in looking to clinch but Cutter pushes him off.
Cutter throws a predictable looking body shot

and Leeder holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Leeder displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cutter up against the cage.
Leeder tries to break the clinch but Cutter is controlling the position.
Cutter keeps control of Leeder as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Leeder tries to break the clinch but Cutter is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cutter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Leeder keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leeder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cutter.
Cutter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cutter misses the shot to the body.
Leeder misses with a few strikes there.
Cutter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leeder manages to avoid it.
Cutter just misses with a punch to the body.
Cutter scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Leeder avoids the body shot from Cutter.
A shot to the body from Cutter misses
and Leeder counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cutter swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Leeder counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cutter lands with a nice body punch.
Leeder swinging wildly here.
Leeder avoids the body shot from Cutter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leeder is looking to clinch but Cutter is avoiding it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leeder. Cutter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cutter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cutter throws a body punch but Leeder moves out of range.
Cutter swings away with a body shot that misses
and Leeder cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cutter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cutter punishes Leeder's body with a nice straight punch.
Leeder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cutter moves away.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Leeder tries to clinch up.
Cutter takes a swing at Leeder's ribcage but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leeder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cutter.
Cutter misses the shot to the body.
Cutter thows a body shot but no joy.
Cutter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leeder manages to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Van Leeder.
I think Leeder has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Van Leeder!
Van Leeder seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.